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Colonial  Wars  in  the 
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By    Frederic    Louis 
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FREDERIC 

WOLTERS 

HUIDEKOPER 


Tin  flfeemoviam 

FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER 


Seest  thou  a  man  diligent  in  his  business? 
he  shall  stand  before  kings;  he  shall 
not  stand  before  mean  men. 


Proverbs,  xxii,  2Q. 


Author  G, 
FEB  7     1911 

Published  under  the  auspices  of 

THE  SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS  IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA, 
December,  1910. 


Frederic  Wolters  Huidekoper 


Railway  official.  Born  at  "Pomona  Hall,"  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  September 
12,  1840.  Elected  to  the  Society,  October  24,  1894.  Member  of  the  Committee  on 
Installation,  December  1 9,  1 898,  to  December  1 9,  1 899.  Deputy  Governor,  December 
19,  1899,  to  December  19,  1900.  Governor,  December  19,  1900,  to  December  19, 
1901.  Member  of  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Council,  December  19,  1901,  to  December 
3,  1907.     Died  of  paralysis,  Washington,  D.  C,  April  29,  1908. 

FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER,    a   scion 

of  a  distinguished  Pennsylvania  family  which  consti- 
tutes the  American  branch  of  an  ancient  family  still  noted  in 
Holland,*  died  at  his  residence,  1614  Eighteenth  Street, 
Washington,  D.  C,  on  Wednesday,  April  29,  1908,  at  a 
quarter  past  four  o'clock  in  the  morning,  after  an  illness  of 
nearly  seven  weeks  resulting  from  a  stroke  of  paralysis  on 
March  13th. 

Mr.  Huidekoper  was  born  at  "Pomona  Hall,''  Meadville, 
Pennsylvania,  on  September  1 2,  1 840.  He  was  the  second 
son  of  Edgar  and  Frances  (Shippen)  Huidekoper.  He  was 
prepared  for  college  by  private  tutors,  graduated  at  Harvard 
in  1 862  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  and  received 
the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in  1871.  During  1863  he 
served  as  a  Captain  in  the  58th  Regiment  of  Pennsylvania 

*The  Huidekoper  family  is  one  of  the  few  well-known  American  families  whose 
original  line  exists  in  Europe  to-day  and  with  which  close  relationship  has  always  been 
maintained. 

The  genealogy  of  the  American  branch  will  be  found  in  "The  Prominent  Families 
of  the  United  States  of  America"  by  Arthur  Meredyth  Burke,  volume  I,  pages  74 
and  75. 

For  a  description  of  the  arms  borne  by  the  Huidekopers,  vide  Matthews'  "American 
t>»       Armoury  and  Blue  Book,"  page  59. 

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4  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

Volunteer  Militia,  participating  in  the  operations  along  the 
Ohio  River  which  resulted  in  the  capture  of  the  Confederate 
raider,  General  John  H.  Morgan,  whose  prisoners  he  con- 
ducted to  Columbus.  As  executor  of  his  father's  estate,  he 
spent  the  fourteen  years  after  his  graduation  at  Harvard, 
from  1 862  to  1 877,  in  closing  up  the  affairs  of  The  Holland 
Land  Company  of  Pennsylvania,  whose  lands  in  the  north- 
western part  of  the  State  had  been  purchased  by  his  grand- 
father in  1 836. 

Mr.  Huidekoper's  career  in  the  railroad  world  is  probably 
unique  for  he  began  as  President  of  a  road  and  never  occupied 
any  position  subordinate  to  that  of  First  Vice-President,  in 
which  case  he  was  vested  with  absolute  power.  Together 
with  other  members  of  the  Huidekoper  family  and  with 
business  friends  and  associates,  he  held  large  investments 
in  the  various  railroad  companies  of  the  country,  particularly 
in  bonds.  After  the  panic  of  1 873  many  of  these  roads 
passed  into  the  hands  of  receivers,  so  that  his  interests  first 
caused  him  to  be  connected  with  various  reorganization 
committees  and  subsequently  led  him  into  railroad  enter- 
prises. This  resulted  in  his  becoming  one  of  the  principal 
factors  in  railroad  development  in  many  parts  of  the  country. 
His  first  work  of  the  sort  was  as  Chairman  of  the  Reorganiza- 
tion Committee  of  the  Chicago,  Danville  &  Vincennes  Rail- 
road to  which,  after  its  rehabilitation,  he  gave  the  name  of 
the  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad,  and  Mr.  Huide- 
koper was  elected  its  first  President  in  1877.  During  the 
four  years  in  which  he  served  in  that  capacity  he  built,  in 
conjunction  with  Mr.  J.  B.  Brown,  the  Chicago  &  Western 
Indiana  Railroad  from  Dalton,  Ohio,  and  Hammond,  Indiana, 
into  Chicago;  and  in  1881  he  also  became  the  President  of 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER.  5 

the  Evansville  &  Terre  Haute  Railroad.  At  the  end  of 
1 88 1 ,  however,  he  was  obliged  to  resign  the  presidency  of 
both  roads,  owing  to  ill  health  brought  about  by  overwork, 
and  in  1 882  he  left  Chicago.  Notwithstanding  the  terrible 
strikes  of  1877,  and  the  almost  hopeless  condition  of  the 
Chicago,  Danville  &  Vincennes  Railroad  prior  to  the  time 
when  he  took  charge,  Mr.  Huidekoper  succeeded  in  evolving 
order  out  of  chaos,  and  the  policy  which  he  dictated  during 
his  presidency  of  the  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad 
has  been  continued  to  the  present  time  and  has  resulted  in 
making  this  road,  which  is  now  part  of  the  St.  Louis  &  San 
Francisco  System,  one  of  the  most  prosperous  of  the  smaller 
lines  in  the  middle  west.  The  results  obtained  during  Mr. 
Huidekoper's  regime  are  considered  in  the  railway  world  to 
be  among  the  most  remarkable  achievements  in  rehabil- 
itating a  bankrupt  company. 

Mr.  Huidekoper's  activities  in  these  railroad  organizations 
brought  him  into  contact  with  capitalists  who,  immediately 
recognizing  his  great  ability  and  sterling  integrity,  were  only 
too  glad  to  avail  themselves  of  his  services  whenever  his 
health  would  permit  him  to  take  active  interest  in  business 
affairs.  In  November,  1883,  Mr.  Huidekoper  took  up  his 
residence  in  Washington.  In  1 884  he  was  offered  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company,  which  he 
declined  in  order  to  accept  the  position  as  First  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  Richmond  &  Danville  Railroad  System  (the 
present  Southern  Railway).  He  was  given  absolute  control, 
although  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  retain  Colonel  A.  S. 
Buford  as  the  President  on  account  of  his  being  a  Southerner. 
In  1 885  Mr.  Huidekoper  also  became  First  Vice-President 
of  the  Richmond  &  West  Point  Terminal  Railway  and 


6  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

Warehouse  Company,  and  was  made  the  President  of  the 
Virginia  Midland  Railway  Company.  On  May  25,  1 886, 
he  had  the  entire  main  line  south  of  Danville,  Virginia, 
changed  in  one  day  from  five  feet  to  the  standard  gauge  of 
four  feet  eight  and  one-half  inches — a  unique  feat  in  rail- 
roading—and so  admirably  was  the  work  organized  that 
the  through  trains  from  New  York  to  New  Orleans  and 
vice  versa  were  delayed  only  two  hours. 

In  the  same  year  he  arranged,  with  the  Baldwin  Loco- 
motive Works  the  first  "locomotive  trust"  ever  made  in 
America,  although  "car  trusts"  had  previously  existed. 
The  "Congressional  Limited"  train  on  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad,  which  was  first  run  on  January  16,  1886,  was 
also  the  result  of  the  suggestion  made  by  Mr.  Huidekoper  to 
Mr.  Frank  Thompson,  then  First  Vice-President  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

In  November  and  December,  1886,  Mr.  Huidekoper 
resigned  from  all  his  positions  connected  with  the  Richmond 
&  Danville  System,  in  consequence  of  the  road's  having 
passed  into  other  hands,  and  four  months  later  he  became 
the  President  of  the  Virginia,  Tennessee  and  Carolina  Steel 
and  Iron  Company — now  the  Interstate  Coal  and  Iron 
Company — in  which  he  owned  large  interests.  From  1 889 
to  1 89 1  he  was  also  President  and  Chairman  of  the  Reor- 
ganization Committee,  and  from  1 889  to  1 893  Receiver,  of 
the  Pittsburgh,  Shenango  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad,  now  the 
Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad.  From  1890  to  1891  he 
was  the  President  of  the  South  Atlantic  &  Ohio  Railroad 
and  built  that  part  of  the  road  which  runs  from  the  Clinch 
River,  through  the  Natural  Tunnel,  the  mountains  and  Big 
Stone  Gap,  Virginia,  to  a  junction  with  the  Louisville  & 
Nashville  Railroad. 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER.  7 

In  the  meantime  the  Richmond  &  Danville  System  had 
become  involved  in  financial  difficulties  and,  on  June  1  5, 
1 892,  he  and  Mr.  Reuben  Foster  of  Baltimore  were  made 
its  Receivers,  as  well  as  the  Receivers  of  all  its  affiliated 
lines,  comprising  the  Georgia  Pacific,  the  Charlotte,  Col- 
umbia &  Augusta,  the  Columbia  &  Greenville  and  the 
Western  North  Carolina  railroads.  J.  P.  Morgan  &  Com- 
pany had  started  a  reorganization  plan  based  on  the  annual 
reports  of  the  operations  of  the  Richmond  &  Danville 
System  from  1884  to  1892;  but,  in  consequence  of  informa- 
tion supplied  by  Mr.  Huidekoper  and  Mr.  Foster,  another 
plan  was  formulated,  by  virtue  of  which  Mr.  Samuel  Spencer 
was  made  a  Co-Receiver  as  the  representative  of  J.  P. 
Morgan  &  Company.  Mr.  Huidekoper  was  one  of  the  large 
factors  in  the  consolidation  of  these  and  many  other  lines  in 
what  to-day  constitutes  the  great  Southern  Railway  System, 
which  serves  a  large  part  of  the  country  south  of  the  Potomac 
River,  including  most  of  the  leading  commercial  and  manu- 
facturing cities  of  the  South.  To  the  South  the  Southern 
Railway  is  what  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  is  to  Pennsyl- 
vania, the  New  York  Central  to  New  York  and  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  is  to  New  England— the 
greatest  railroad  system  of  the  South — and  probably  to  no 
man  is  its  prominence  and  prosperity  more  due  than  to  Mr. 
Huidekoper,  one  of  the  master  minds  in  the  conception  and 
execution  of  the  plans  which  culminated  in  the  formation 
of  the  Southern  Railway,  as  well  as  the  institution  of  the 
policy  which,  with  certain  exceptions,  is  followed  by  this 
system  to-day. 

In  1 896  Mr.  Huidekoper  assumed  the  presidency  of  the 
Chicago,  Peoria  &  St.  Louis  Railroad  in  order  to  reorganize 


8  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

it,  which  he  succeeded  in  doing  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
owners  within  two  years,  and  then  resigned.  Shortly  before 
this  time  he  had  become  interested,  in  conjunction  with 
General  Charles  Miller,  the  President  of  the  Galena-Signal 
Oil  Company,  one  of  the  branches  of  the  Standard  Oil 
Company,  in  The  Disston  Land  Company  of  Florida,  whose 
drainage  operations  had  reclaimed  an  immense  tract  com- 
prising several  counties  in  southern  central  Florida.  Together 
the  two  bought  The  Disston  Land  Company,  foreclosed  it, 
and  organized  The  United  Land  Company,  of  which  he 
was  the  President  and  half  owner  from  1901  until  his  death. 

It  was  not  until  1 894  that  Mr.  Huidekoper  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  of  Pennsylvania,  notwithstanding  that  he  had  had 
an  excellent  legal  training  which  proved  most  useful  in  his 
various  business  enterprises.  He  never  practised  the  pro- 
fession actively,  however,  and  never  presumed  upon  his 
legal  knowledge,  although  few  men,  not  actually  practising 
lawyers,  have  had  a  more  comprehensive  and  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  law  in  its  relation  to  business.  For  forty- 
four  years  Mr.  Huidekoper  was  also  a  Trustee  of  the  Mead- 
ville  Theological  School,  the  leading  Unitarian  Divinity 
School  in  the  United  States,  which  was  founded  by  his 
grandfather  in  1 844. 

Washington  is  indebted  to  Mr.  Huidekoper  for  the  location 
in  this  city  of  the  main  offices  of  the  Richmond  &  Danville 
Railroad — now  the  Southern  Railway.  In  comparison  with 
Richmond,  the  advantages  presented  by  Washington,  both 
as  the  northern  terminus  of  the  road  and  as  being  in  more 
direct  and  closer  communication  with  the  most  important 
commercial  and  financial  centres  of  the  country,  were  so 
obvious  to  him  that,  in  May,  1 886,  he  purchased  the  build- 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER.  9 

ing  situated  at  the  southwestern  corner  of  Pennsylvania 
Avenue  and  Thirteenth  Street,  and  established  the  principal 
offices  of  the  road  there.  This  transfer  from  Richmond  was 
not  effected  without  considerable  opposition — Governor 
Cameron  even  threatening  to  compel  the  return  of  the  offices 
within  the  State  of  Virginia — but  Mr.  Huidekoper  success- 
fully overcame  this  opposition,  and  time  has  amply  justified 
the  wisdom  of  his  selection.  The  centralization  of  the  main 
business  of  such  a  large  railway  system  in  Washington  marked 
an  epoch  in  the  growth  of  the  National  Capital.  For  many 
years  Mr.  Huidekoper  had  also  been  identified  with  the 
opening  up  and  improvement  of  West  Washington  in  which 
he  owned  a  large  amount  of  property,  and  his  efforts  have 
been  largely  instrumental  in  securing  assistance  from  Congress 
for  the  development  of  that  section  of  the  city. 

While  Mr.  Huidekoper's  name  has  not  figured  conspicu- 
ously in  the  public  prints,  and  while  he  did  not  amass  a  large 
fortune  as  a  result  of  his  connection  with  some  of  the  great 
railroad  building  and  organization  projects,  nevertheless  he 
was  known  in  financial  circles  of  New  York,  Philadelphia, 
Baltimore,  Boston  and  Chicago  as  one  of  the  leading  railroad 
builders  of  this  nation.  He  had  the  confidence  to  an  excep- 
tional degree  of  the  leading  financiers  of  those  and  other 
cities.  When  he  had  examined,  with  that  thoroughness 
which  was  characteristic  of  all  his  business  activities,  into 
the  affairs  of  a  railroad  or  into  the  prospect  of  a  new  line  in 
a  new  territory,  his  report  thereon  was  accepted  without 
the  slightest  question  and  the  capital  necessary  to  carry  out 
his  plans  was  always  forthcoming.  No  railroad  president 
of  the  last  quarter  of  a  century  in  the  United  States  possessed 
to  a  higher  extent  the  confidence  of  bankers  and  investors. 


10  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

He  was  never  connected  with  any  organization  or  reorgani- 
zation of  a  railroad  company  that  could  not  stand  the  severest 
tests,  and  no  one  ever  heard  of  any  misappropriation  of 
funds  in  any  project  with  which  he  was  an  influential  factor. 
To  leave  the  record  that  he  has  left  is  at  once  the  highest 
possible  tribute  to  his  character  and  an  example  to  those 
who  follow  him.  There  would  be  no  ground  for  the  prev- 
alent complaints  against  the  railroads  of  the  country  if  they 
had  all  been  managed  with  that  scrupulous  care  and  fidelity 
that  characterized  every  project  with  which  his  name  was 
connected. 

Mr.  Huidekoper  was  a  member  of  the  Metropolitan, 
Country,  and  Chevy-Chase  Clubs  of  Washington,  and  of 
the  University  and  Harvard  Clubs  of  New  York.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Descendants  of  Colonial 
Governors;  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  in  the  District 
of  Columbia — in  which  he  held  the  offices  of  Deputy  Gov- 
ernor from  1899  to  1900,  and  of  Governor  from  1900  to 
1 90 1 ,  and  was  one  of  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Council  from 
1 901  to  1 907;  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Society,  Sons 
of  the  Revolution,  of  which  he  was  the  Vice-President  from 
1904  to  1905,  and  was  three  times  elected  President  since 
1905.  He  was  likewise  a  member  of  the  Meade  Post  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  His  widow,  two  sons, 
Frederic  Louis  Huidekoper  and  Reginald  Shippen  Huide- 
koper, his  brothers,  Major-General  Henry  Shippen  Huide- 
koper of  Philadelphia  and  Edgar  Huidekoper  of  Meadville, 
and  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Frank  Wells  and  Mrs.  Henry  P.  Kidder 
of  Boston,  survive  him. 

In  all  relations  of  life  Mr.  Huidekoper  proved  himself  of 
exceptional  usefulness,  and  won  the  esteem  and  admiration 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER.  1 1 

of  everybody  who  knew  him,  even  ever  so  slightly.  A  man 
of  unspotted  integrity,  brilliant  in  intellect,  sound  in  judgment, 
steadfast  under  the  most  disadvantageous  circumstances,  a 
natural  leader  in  all  he  undertook,  his  whole  life  was  char- 
acterized by  a  faithful  execution  of  every  task  allotted  to  him 
and  of  every  trust  committed  to  his  charge.  He  did  great 
things  with  the  same  simplicity  which  he  devoted  to  small 
things  and  the  smallest  details  with  the  same  scrupulous 
attention  that  he  exercised  in  great  things.  To  his  splendid 
attainments  he  added  exceptional  attractiveness.  Unusually 
distinguished  in  personal  appearance,  he  possessed  the 
courtly  manners  of  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school  which  is 
fast  passing  away,  as  well  as  a  charm  that  never  failed  to 
captivate.  He  made  friends  easily  and  kept  them  always. 
Few  men  have  been  more  beloved,  for  his  perfect  simplicity 
endeared  him  to  everyone,  and  his  subordinates  slaved  for 
him  with  genuine  affection.  His  life  was  an  inspiration, 
his  memory  a  benediction,  and  he  was  indeed  the  embodi- 
ment of  the  very  highest  type  of  the  American  gentleman. 


CHRONOLOGY. 


CHRONOLOGY. 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER.* 


September  12,  1840. 

1852  to  1858. 
July  16,  1862. 
September  9,  1862. 
From  1862  to  1877. 


January  8,  1863. 
June  29,  1863. 

July  1  to  11,  1863. 
July  10,  1863. 


Born  at  "Pomona  Hall,"  Meadville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, the  home  of  his  grandfather,  Harm 
Jan  Huidekoper  (1776-1854),  the  founder 
of  the  Huidekoper  family  in  America. 

Educated  at  home  by  private  tutors  from 
Harvard  and  Brown. 

Graduated  at  Harvard  College  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 

Death  of  his  father,  Edgar  Huidekoper,  at 
"Hill  Home,"  Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 

As  Executor  of  his  father's  estate,  he  was 
engaged  in  closing  up  the  affairs  of  The 
Holland  Land  Company  of  Pennsylvania, 
whose  lands  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the 
State  had  been  purchased  by  his  grand- 
father on  December  31,1 836. 

Appointed  a  "Manager"  (i.  e.  a  Director)  of 
the  Meadville  Gas  and  Water  Company. 

Was  enrolled  as  First  Lieutenant  of  Captain 
George  H.  Bemus'  company  of  Pennsyl- 
vania Militia  and  called  into  the  service  of 
the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  for 
ninety  days. 

The  58th  Regiment  of  Pennsylvania  Volunteer 
Militia,  Emergency  of  1863,  was  recruited 
at  Camp  Howe,  Pittsburgh,  and  mustered 
into  service. 

Promoted  to,  and  commissioned,  Captain  of 
Company  F,  58th  Regiment  of  Pennsyl- 
vania Militia,  Emergency  of  1863,  under 
Colonel  George  H.  Bemus. 

(Vide  Bates,  History  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  vol.  V,  page  1310.) 


♦Compiled  by  his  son,  Frederic  Louis  Huidekoper. 

™,also"Who\s  Who  in  America"  for  1903-1905.  page  746;  for  1906-1907,  page 897; 
and  for  1908-1909,  page  946;  and  "Men  of  America"  for  1908,  pages  1252  and  1253. 


16  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

The  58th  Regiment  formed  part  of  the  forces 
serving  directly  under  Major  General  W.  T. 
H.  Brooks,  U.  S.  A.,  commanding  the 
Department  of  the  Monongahela. 

July  26,  1863.  Participated  in  the  capture  of  the  Confederate 

General  John  H.  Morgan  and  his  troops 
near  New  Lisbon,  Ohio. 

(Vide  War  of  the  Rebellion,  Official  Records, 
Series  I,  Vol.  XXIII,  pages  673  et  seq.; 
Bates,  History  of  the  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers, Vol.  V,  pages  1230  and  1231;  and 
Bates,  Martial  Deeds  of  Pennsylvania,  pages 
362,  363  and  365.) 

July  27,  1863.  Ordered  by  Major-General  W.  T.  H.  Brooks 

to  conduct  the  prisoners  of  General  Morgan's 
command,  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  to  deliver 
them  to  the  commanding  officer  at  Camp 
Chase,  and  to  return  to  Pittsburgh. 

(Vide  War  of  the  Rebellion,  Official  Records, 
Series  II,  Vol.  VI,  page  153.) 

August  14,  1863.  Mustered  out  of  service  at  Pittsburgh. 

March  2,  1 864.  Elected  a  Manager  (i.  e.  a  Director)  of  the 

Meadville  Gas  and  Water  Company. 

He  was  re-elected  at  each  successive  annual 
meeting  and  served  in  that  capacity  until 
January  1,  1879. 

June  30,  1 864.  Elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 

the  Meadville  Theological  School,  the 
principal  Unitarian  Theological  School  in 
the  United  States,  which  was  founded  by 
his  grandfather  on  October  1 ,  1 844. 

Mr.  Huidekoper  was  re-elected  each  year 
and  served  continuously  as  a  Trustee  until 
his  death  in  1908. 

July  18,  1865.  Elected  the  Secretary  of  the  Meadville  Gas 

and  Water  Company. 
Was  re-elected  annually   and  served  in  that 
capacity  until  April  1  1,  1877. 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


17 


January  22,  1 867. 


October  21,  1868. 


June  28,  1871. 

July  5,  1872. 
July  6,  1872. 
March  8,  1874. 
October  10,  1874. 


October  13,  1874. 

March  19,  1875. 

May  24,  1876. 
February  7,  1877. 


Married  at  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  Anna 
Virginia  Christie,  only  daughter  of  Fitz- 
James  Christie  (deceased)  of  Erie,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  Elizabeth  Anna  Johns  Christie, 
his  wife. 

His  second  brother,  Herman  John  Huidekoper 
(Captain  of  Company  A,  127th  U.  S.  C.  I., 
August  23,  1864,  to  March  23,  1865,  and 
Major,  29th  U.  S.  C.  I.,  March  24,  1865, 
to  November  6,  1865)  died  at  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota. 

The  Degree  of  Master  of  Arts  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Harvard  College. 

A  daughter,  Gracie,  was  born  at  New  York. 

His  daughter,  Gracie,  died  at  New  York. 

A  son,  Frederic  Louis,  was  born  at  Meadville, 
Pennsylvania. 

Elected  a  Director  of  the  Meadville  Water 
Company. 

Was  re-elected  at  the  next  three  annual  meet- 
ings and  served  as  a  Director  until  January 
8,  1878. 

Elected  the  Clerk  (i.  e.  the  Secretary)  of  the 
Meadville  Water  Company. 

Was  re-elected  annually  and  served  in  that 
capacity  until  January  2,  1877. 

Elected  the  Chairman  of  the  First  Mortgage 
Bondholders'  Committee  of  the  Chicago, 
Danville  and  Vincennes  Railroad  Company. 

A  second  son,  Reginald  Shippen,  was  born  at 
Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 

As  Chairman  of  the  First  Mortgage  Bond- 
holders' Committee,  he  purchased  the 
Chicago,  Danville  and  Vincennes  Railroad 
at  foreclosure  sale. 


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FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


April  17,  1877. 


August  30,  1877. 


September  20,  1877. 

October  15,  1877. 
October  15,  1878. 

October  21,  1879. 
October  19,  1880. 

July  18,  1881. 
October  4,  1881. 


Assumed  charge  of  the  Chicago,  Danville  and 
Vincennes  Railroad  as  the  General  Manager 
for  the  First  Mortgage  Bondholders'  Com- 
mittee. 

Organized  and  gave  to  the  new  company  the 
name  of  the  Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois 
Railroad  Company. 

Was  elected  the  first  President  of  the  Chicago 
and  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  Company 
(now  part  of  the  St.  Louis  and  San  Francisco 
Railroad  system). 

Was  also  elected  a  Director  and  a  member  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Directors. 

Resigned  as  a  member  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad 
Company. 

Re-elected  a  director  of  the  Chicago  and 
Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  Company,  to  serve 
until  October,  1880. 

Re-elected  the  President  of  the  Chicago  and 
Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  Company. 

Also  elected  a  member  of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Re-elected  the  President  and  a  member  of  the 
Finance  Committee  of  the  Chicago  and 
Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  Company. 

Re-elected  the  President  of  the  Chicago  and 

Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  Company. 
Also  elected  ex-omcio  member  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 
Evansville  and  Terre  Haute  Railroad 
Company. 

Re-elected  the  President  of  the  Chicago  and 
Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  Company. 

Also  re-elected  a  Director  and  ex-officio 
member  of  the  Executive  Committee. 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


19 


October  25,  1881. 
November  29,  1881 

February  14,  1882. 
October  3,  1882. 

January  2,  1883. 


November  1,  1883. 
December  8,  1883. 

October  30,  1884. 

January  9,  1885. 

January  9,  1885. 

January  9,  1885. 
March  4,  1885. 
November  25,  1885. 
December  8,  1885. 


at    each    successive    annual 
served    continuously    as    a 


Resigned  the  presidency  of  the  Evansville  and 
Terre  Haute  Railroad  Company. 

Resigned  the  presidency  of  the  Chicago  and 
Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  Company,  to  take 
effect  on  December  15,  1881. 

Resigned  as  a  Director  of  the  Evansville  and 
Terre  Haute  Railroad  Company. 

Re-elected   a   Director   of   the   Chicago   and 
Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  Company,  to  serve 
until  October,  1885. 
vlso  re-elected  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Re-elected  a  Director  of  the  Meadville  Water 

Company. 
Was    re-elected 

meeting    and 

Director  until   its  dissolution  on   February 

17,  1899. 

Took  up  his  residence  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

Elected  a  resident  member  of  the  Metropolitan 
Club  of  Washington. 

Elected  a  Director  of  the  Central  Iowa  Rail- 
way Company. 

Elected  the  First  Vice-President  of  the  Rich- 
mond and  Danville  Railroad  Company  (the 
present  Southern  Railway  Company). 

Elected  the  Vice-President  of  the  Richmond 
and  West  Point  Terminal  Railway  and 
Warehouse  Company. 

Elected  the  Vice-President  of  the  Virginia 
Midland  Railway  Company. 

Elected  a  non-resident  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  New  York. 

Elected  a  Director  of  the  Georgia  Pacific 
Railway  Company. 

Elected  a  Director  of  the  Richmond  and  West 
Point  Terminal  Railway  and  Warehouse 
Company. 


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FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


December  9,  1885. 
December  16,  1885. 

December  22,  1885. 

December  22,  1885. 
May  7,  1886. 
May  13,  1886. 


May  25,  1886. 


November  13,  1886. 
November  20,  1886. 

December  13,  1886. 


Elected  a  Director  of  the  Richmond  and 
Danville  Railroad  Company. 

Elected  the  President  of  the  Virginia  Midland 

Railway  Company. 
Also  elected  the  President  of  the  American 

Construction  Company  of  Virginia. 

Re-elected  the  First  Vice-President  of  the 
Richmond  and  Danville  Railroad  Company. 

Also  elected  a  member  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Re-elected  the  Vice-President  of  the  Richmond 
and  West  Point  Terminal  Railway  and 
Warehouse  Ccmpany. 

Arranged  with  the  Baldwin  Locomotive  Works 
of  Philadelphia  the  first  "Locomotive  Trust" 
ever  made  in  the  United  States. 

Purchased  for  $127,000  the  building  situated 
at  1 300  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  Washington, 
to  which  he  moved  the  general  offices  of  the 
Richmond  and  Danville  Railroad  system 
from  Richmond,  Virginia,  on  August  16, 
1886. 

The  title  to  the  property  was  taken  in  the  name 
of  F.  W.  Huidekoper,  First  Vice-President. 

Changed  the  gauge  of  the  Richmond  and 
Danville  Railroad  system  south  of  Danville, 
Virginia,  from  5  feet  to  the  standard  gauge 
of  4  feet,  8?  inches. 

The  main  line  was  changed  between  sunrise 
and  sunset  that  day.  The  change  of  the 
entire  system  (2,195  miles)  was  accom- 
plished within  three  days. 

Purchased  the  sub-division  in  West  Wash- 
ington known  as  "Burleith." 

Resigned  the  vice-presidency  of  the  Richmond 
and  West  Point  Terminal  Railway  and 
Warehouse  Company. 

Resigned  as  the  First  Vice-President  and  as  a 
Director  of  the  Richmond  and  Danville 
Railroad  Company. 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


2! 


December  15,  1886. 
February  21,  1887. 
April  28,  1887. 


June  8,  1 887. 
June  10,  1887. 
May  1,  1888. 

May  1,  1889. 
May  7,  1889. 

May  15,  1889. 
May  29,  1889. 

October  21,  1889. 


October  25, 


December  20, 


Resigned  the  presidency  of  the  Virginia  Mid- 
land Railway  Company. 

Elected  a  non-resident  member  of  the  Harvard 
Club  of  New  York. 

Was  one  of  the  incorporators  and  became  the 
first  President  and  a  Director  of  the  Virginia, 
Tennessee  and  Carolina  Steel  and  Iron 
Company  (now  the  Interstate  Coal  and  Iron 
Company)  by  virtue  of  the  charter  granted 
to  it  by  the  State  of  New  Jersey. 

Elected  a  resident  member  of  the  Country 
Club  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 

Elected  a  Director  of  the  Bailey  Construction 
Company  of  Virginia. 

Re-elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of 
the  Virginia,  Tennessee  and  Carolina  Steel 
and  Iron  Company. 

Elected  a  Director  of  the  Big  Stone  Gap 
Improvement  Company  of  Virginia. 

Re-elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 
Virginia,  Tennessee  and  Carolina  Steel  and 
Iron  Company. 

Resigned  as  a  Director  of  the  Central  Iowa 
Railway  Company. 

Elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 
Pittsburgh,  Shenango  and  Lake  Erie  Rail- 
road Company  (the  present  Bessemer  and 
Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company). 

Elected  a  member  of  the  George  G.  Meade 
Post,  No.  1 ,  Department  of  Pennsylvania, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  was 
mustered  in  on  October  28,  1 889. 

Appointed  the  Receiver  of  the  Pittsburgh, 
Shenango  and  Lake  Erie  Railroad  Com- 
pany by  order  of  Judge  M.  W.  Acheson  of 
the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for 
the  Western  District  of  Pennsylvania. 

Re-elected  a  Director  of  the  Bailey  Con- 
struction Company. 


22  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

February  1 ,  1 890.  Was  one  of  the  incorporators  and  became  a 
Director  of  the  Bristol  Land  Company  by 
virtue  of  the  charter  granted  to  it  by  the 
State  of  Virginia. 

February  11,1 890.  Elected  the  first  President  of  the  Bristol  Land 
Company. 

April  8,  1 890.  Re-elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 

Pittsburgh,  Shenango  and  Lake  Erie  Rail- 
road Company. 

April  19,  1890.  Was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Judson 

Power  Company  of  Massachusetts  named 
in  the  charter  granted  to  it  by  the  State  of 
West  Virginia. 

May  5,  1890.  Elected  the  first  President  and  a  Director  of 

the  Judson  Power  Company  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 

May  6,  1 890.  Re-elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 

Virginia,  Tennessee  and  Carolina  Steel  and 
Iron  Company. 

May  7,  1890.  Re-elected  a  Director  of  the  Big  Stone  Gap 

Improvement  Company. 

July  21,1 890.  Elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 

Bristol  Hotel  Company  of  Virginia. 

July  26,  1 890.  His  youngest  brother,  Frank  Colhoon  Huide- 

koper,  died  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

September  24,  1 890.  Elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 
South  Atlantic  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company 
(now  part  of  the  Virginia  and  Southwestern 
Railway  Company). 

January  10,  1 89 1 .  Re-elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 
Pittsburgh,  Shenango  and  Lake  Erie  Rail- 
road Company. 

January  10,  1 89 1 .  Re-elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 
Bristol  Land  Company. 

January  13,  1891 .  Re-elected  the  President  and  a  Director  of  the 
Judson  Power  Company  of  Massachusetts. 

February  16,  1 89 1 .  Resigned  as  the  President  and  as  a  Director  of 
the  Bristol  Land  Company. 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER.  23 

March  17,  1891 .  Resigned  as  the  President  and  as  a  Director  of 

the  Virginia,  Tennessee  and  Carolina  Steel 
and  Iron  Company. 

March  19,  1 89 1 .  Resigned  as  the  President  and  as  a  Director  of 

the  South  Atlantic  and  Ohio  Railroad 
Company. 

March  30,  1 89 1 .  Resigned  as  the  President  and  as  a  Director  of 

the  Bristol  Hotel  Company. 

April  30,  1 89 1 .  Resigned  as  the  President  and  as  a  Director  of 

the  Pittsburgh,  Shenango  and  Lake  Erie 
Railroad  Company. 

May  I,  1891.  As  Receiver  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Shenango  and 

Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company,  delivered 
possession  of  the  property  to  that  Company. 

May  14,  1891.  Elected   the   Chairman   of   the   Bondholders' 

Committee  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Shenango  and 
Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company. 

June  15,  1892.  F.  W.  Huidekoper  and  Reuben  Foster  were 

appointed  Receivers  of  the  Richmond  and 
Danville  Railroad  Company  by  order  of 
Judge  Hugh  L.  Bond  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  the  United  States  for  the  Eastern  District 
of  Virginia. 

Ancillary  bills  were  also  filed  in  the  Circuit 
Courts  of  the  United  States  for  the  Western 
District  of  North  Carolina,  the  Eastern 
District  of  South  Carolina,  the  Northern 
District  of  Georgia,  the  Northern  District  of 
Alabama  and  the  Northern  District  of 
Mississippi,  and  orders  entered  in  such 
Courts  confirming  the  original  order  granted 
by  Judge  Bond. 

June  21,  1892.  Moved  the  general  offices  of  the  Richmond 

and  Danville  Railroad  Company  from 
Atlanta,  Georgia,  back  to  1300  Pennsyl- 
vania Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 

August  16,  1892.  F.  W.  Huidekoper  and  Reuben  Foster  were 

confirmed  as  permanent  Receivers  of  the 
Richmond  and  Danville  Railroad  Company 


24  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

by  order  of  Judge  Hugh  L.  Bond  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the 
Eastern  District  of  Virginia. 

January  18,  1893.  Elected  a  member  of  the  District  of  Columbia 
Society,  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 

July  17,  1893.  Samuel    Spencer,    F.    W.    Huidekoper    and 

Reuben  Foster  were  appointed  Receivers  of 
the  Richmond  and  Danville  Railroad  Com- 
pany by  order  of  Judge  Nathan  Goff  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the 
Eastern  District  of  Virginia. 

July  17,  1893.  Samuel    Spencer,    F.    W.    Huidekoper    and 

Reuben  Foster  were  appointed  Receivers 
of  the  Georgia  Pacific  Railway  Company 
by  order  of  Judge  Nathan  Goff  of  the  Circuit 
Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  Northern 
District  of  Georgia. 

July  28,  1 893.  Samuel    Spencer,    F.    W.    Huidekoper    and 

Reuben  Foster  were  apppointed  Receivers 
of  the  Charlotte,  Columbia  and  Augusta 
Railroad  Company  by  order  of  Judge 
Nathan  Goff  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the 
United  States  for  the  District  of  South 
Carolina. 

October  1  7,  1893.  F.  W.  Huidekoper's  Receivership  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh, Shenango  and  Lake  Erie  Railroad 
Company  terminated  by  order  of  Judge 
Joseph  Bumngton  of  the  Circuit  Court  of 
the  United  States  for  the  Western  District  of 
Pennsylvania. 

December  7,  1893.  Samuel  Spencer,  F.  W.  Huidekoper  and 
Reuben  Foster  were  appointed  Receivers 
of  the  Columbia  and  Greenville  Railroad 
Company  by  order  of  Judge  Nathan  Goff 
of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for 
the  District  of  South  Carolina. 

July  25,  1894.  Elected  a  Director  of  the  General  Compressed 

Air  Company  of  New  Jersey. 
Was  re-elected  at  each  annual  meeting  and 
served  as  a  Director  until  1 898. 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


25 


October  12,  1894. 
October  15,  1894. 
October  24,  1894. 
December  31,  1894. 


Admitted  to  the  Bar  of  Crawford  County, 
Pennsylvania. 

Elected  a  resident  member  of  the  Chevy-Chase 
Club  of  Washington. 

Elected  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars  in  the  District  of  Columbia. 

F.  W.  Huidekoper  and  Reuben  Foster  were 
"discharged"  as  Receivers  of  the  Richmond 
and  Danville  Railroad  Company  by  order 
of  Judge  Nathan  Goff  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  the  United  States  for  the  Eastern  District 
of  Virginia,  dated  December  18,  1894,  to 
take  effect  December  31,  1894. 

December  31,1 894.  F.  W.  Huidekoper  and  Reuben  Foster  were 
"discharged"  as  Receivers  of  the  Georgia 
Pacific  Railway  Company  by  order  of 
Judge  William  T.  Newman  of  the  Circuit 
Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  Northern 
District  of  Georgia,  dated  December  22, 
1894. 


December  31,  1894. 


December  31,  1894. 


May  28,  1895. 


F.  W.  Huidekoper  and  Reuben  Foster  were 
"discharged"  as  Receivers  of  the  Charlotte, 
Columbia  and  Augusta  Railroad  Company 
by  order  of  Judge  Charles  H.  Simonton  of 
the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for 
the  District  of  South  Carolina. 

F.  W.  Huidekoper  and  Reuben  Foster  were 
"discharged"  as  Receivers  of  the  Columbia 
and  Greenville  Railroad  Company  by  order 
of  Judge  Charles  H.  Simonton  of  the  Circuit 
Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of 
South  Carolina. 

Final  release  and  discharge  of  F.  W.  Huide- 
koper and  Reuben  Foster  as  Receivers  of 
the  Richmond  and  Danville  Railroad  Com- 
pany by  orders  of  Judge  Nathan  Goff  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the 
Eastern  District  of  Virginia,  dated  March 
26,  1895,  and  May  28,  1895. 


26  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

June  25,  1895.  Final  release  and  discharge  of  F.  W.  Huide- 

koper  and  Reuben  Foster  as  Receivers  of 
the  Georgia  Pacific  Railway  Company  by 
order  of  Judge  William  T.  Newman  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the 
Northern  District  of  Georgia. 

July  3,  1 895.  F.  W.  Huidekoper  and  General  Charles  Miller 

began  negotiations  to  acquire  The  Disston 
Land  Company  of  Florida. 

July  16,  1895.  Elected   a   member   of   the   Executive   Com- 

mittee of  the  Pennsylvania  Water  Works 
Association. 

October  15,  1895.  Final  release  and  discharge  of  F.  W.  Huide- 
koper and  Reuben  Foster  as  Receivers  of 
the  Charlotte,  Columbia  and  Augusta  Rail- 
road Company  by  order  of  Judge  Charles  H. 
Simonton  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United 
States  for  the  District  of  South  Carolina. 

October  15,  1895.  Final  release  and  discharge  of  F.  W.  Huide- 
koper and  Reuben  Foster  as  Receivers  of 
the  Columbia  and  Greenville  Railroad 
Company  by  order  of  Judge  Charles  H. 
Simonton  of  the  Circuit  Cou-t  of  the  United 
States  for  the  District  of  South  Carolina. 

April  25,  1896.  Elected  the  President  of  the  Chicago,  Peoria 

and  St.  Louis  Railroad  Company. 

January  22,  1 897.  Elected  a  Director  of  the  Chicago,  Peoria  and 
St.  Louis  Railroad  Company. 

May  29,  1 897.  Death  of  his  mother,  Mrs.  Edgar  Huidekoper 

(nee'  Frances  Shippen),  at  "Hill  Home, 
Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 

August  16,  1897.  Resigned    the    presidency    of    the    Chicago, 

Peoria  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  Company. 

January  31,1 898.  Issued  a  statement  showing  that  he,  as  Executor 
of  the  Estate  of  Edgar  Huidekoper,  deceased, 
had  distributed  to  his  father's  heirs  amounts 
equal  to  nearly  five  and  one-third  times  the 
value  of  the  estate  of  which  he  had  assumed 
charge  on  September  9,  1862. 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


27 


December  19,  1898. 

December  19,  1899. 
March  31,  1900. 


April  14,  1900. 

December  19,  1900. 
March  4,  1901. 


April  24,  1901 


Elected  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Instal- 
lation of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  in  the 
District  of  Columbia. 

Elected  the  Deputy  Governor  of  the  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars  in  the  District  of  Columbia. 

F.  W.  Huidekoper  and  General  Charles  Miller, 
by  a  contract  dated  January  13,  1900,  with 
the  Executors  of  the  Estate  of  Hamilton 
Disston,  acquired  control  of  The  Disston 
Land  Company  whose  lands  in  the  Counties 
of  Osceola,  Orange,  Brevard,  Dade,  Polk, 
De  Soto  and  Lee  in  Florida,  comprised 
1 ,598,249.48  acres,  together  with  a  claim 
against  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Internal 
Improvement  Fund  of  the  State  of  Florida 
for  347,753.52  acres,  derived  by  reason  of 
the  succession  of  The  Disston  Land  Com- 
pany to  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Coast  Canal 
and   Okeechobee   Land  Company. 

Moved  the  general  offices  of  The  Disston  Land 
Company  of  Florida  from  Philadelphia  to 
734  Fifteenth  Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Elected  the  Governor  of  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars  in  the  District  of  Columbia. 

Foreclosed  the  property  of  The  Disston  Land 
Company  at  public  sale  held  at  Kissimmee, 
Florida,  by  John  M.  Lee,  Special  Master  in 
Chancery,  in  the  case  of  the  Columbia 
Avenue  Savings  Fund,  Safe  Deposit,  Title 
and  Trust  Company,  complainant,  against 
The  Disston  Land  Company,  defendant,  in 
the  Circuit  Court  of  the  Seventh  Judicial 
Circuit  of  the  State  of  Florida  in  and  for 
Osceola  County. 

Organized  The  United  Land  Company. 

Became  the  first  President  and  a  Director  of 
The  United  Land  Company  of  Florida  by 
virtue  of  the  charter  granted  to  it  by  the 
State  of  Florida. 


28 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


May  11,  1901. 

October  14,  1901. 
December  17,  1901 


December  19,  1901 

January  14,  1902. 
February  24,  1902. 

December  3,  1902. 

January  13,  1903. 
March  9,  1903. 
March  26,  1903. 

December  3,  1903. 
January  12,  1904. 


Elected  a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  The  United 
Land  Company  of  Florida 

Resigned  as  a  resident  member  of  the  Chevy- 
Chase  Club. 

His  brother,  Rush  Shippen  Huidekoper 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Chief  Surgeon, 
United  States  Volunteers— May  9,  1 898,  to 
November  15,  1898 — and  Chief  Surgeon 
of  the  First  Army  Corps  in  Porto  Rico 
during  the  Spanish-American  War),  died  at 
Philadelphia. 

Elected  a  member  of  the  Gentlemen  of  the 
Council  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  in 
the  District  of  Columbia,  to  serve  until 
December,  1904. 

Re-elected  a  Director  of  The  United  Land 
Company  of  Florida. 

Re-elected  the  President  and  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  The  United  Land  Company. 

Elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  Society,  Sons 
of  the  Revolution. 

Re-elected  a  Director  of  The  United  Land 
Company  of  Florida. 

Elected  a  Director  of  the  Compressed  Air 
Company  of  New  York. 

Re-elected  the  President  and  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  The  United  Land  Company  of 
Florida. 

Re-elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  Society,  Sons  of 
the  Revolution. 

Re-elected  a  Director  of  The  United  Land 
Company  of  Florida. 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


29 


February  5,  1904. 

March  7,  1904. 
March  26,  1904. 


December  3,  1904. 
December  6,  1904. 

January  10,  1905. 
March  3,  1905. 

September  and 

October,  1905. 

October  16,  1905. 
December  4,  1905. 
January  9,  1906. 
April  19,  1906. 

December  4,  1 906. 


Re-elected  the  President  and  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  The  United  Land  Company  of 
Florida. 

Re-elected  a  Director  of  the  Compressed  Air 
Company  of  New  York. 

Honorary  membership  conferred  upon  him  in 
the  Hereditary  Order  of  Descendants  of 
Colonial  Governors,  by  right  of  direct 
descent  from  Edward  Shippen,  Acting 
Governor  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania 
in  1703. 

Elected  the  Vice-President  of  the  District  of 
Columbia  Society,  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 

Re-elected  a  member  of  the  Gentlemen  of  the 
Council  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  in 
the  District  of  Columbia,  to  serve  until 
December  3,  1907. 

Re-elected  a  Director  of  The  United  Land 
Company  of  Florida. 

Re-elected  the  President  and  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  The  United  Land  Company  of 
Florida. 

Suffered  two  slight  strokes  of  paralysis  at  Hot 
Springs,  Virginia. 

Re-elected  a  resident  member  of  the  Chevy- 
Chase  Club. 

Elected  the  President  of  the  District  of  Col- 
umbia Society,  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 

Re-elected  a  Director  of  The  United  Land 
Company  of  Florida. 

Re-elected  the  President  and  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  The  United  Land  Company  of 
Florida. 

Re-elected  the  President  of  the  District  of 
Columbia  Society,  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 


30 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 


January  8,  1907. 
January  21,  1907. 

December  10,  1907. 
January  14,  1908. 
January  23,  1908. 

March  13,  1908. 
April  29,  1908. 

May  1,  1908. 


Re-elected  a  Director  of  The  United  Land 
Company  of  Florida. 

Re-elected  the  President  and  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  The  United  Land  Company  of 
Florida. 

Re-elected  the  President  of  the  District  of 
Columbia  Society,  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 

Re-elected  a  Director  of  The  United  Land 
Company  of  Florida. 

Re-elected  the  President  and  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  The  United  Land  Company 
of  Florida. 

Suffered  a  severe  stroke  of  paralysis. 

Died  at  his  residence,  1614  Eighteenth  Street, 
Washington,  D.  C,  at  quarter  past  four 
o'clock  in  the  morning. 

Funeral  services  at  his  residence  at  three 
o'clock. 

The  services  were  conducted  by  the  Reverend 
Edward  Slater  Dunlap,  assistant  rector  of 
Saint  John's  Church,  assisted  by  the  Rev- 
erend Doctor  Randolph  Harrison  McKim, 
rector  of  Epiphany  Church,  and  by  the 
Reverend  Doctor  C.  Ernest  Smith,  rector 
of  Saint  Thomas'  Church. 

The  pall-bearers  were  Major-General  James 
Harrison  .  Wilson,  Major-General  Joseph 
Prentice  Sanger,  representing  the  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars  in  the  District  of  Columbia, 
Brigadier-General  Oswald  H.  Ernst,  Rear 
Admiral  Winfield  Scott  Schley,  Rear 
Admiral  Willard  H.  Brownson,  William 
Stone  Abert,  Esq.,  representing  the  District 
of  Columbia  Society,  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, Aulick  Palmer,  Esq.,  Hugh  L.  Bond, 
Jr.,  Esq.,  Dr.  T.  Morris  Murray  and  Larz 
Anderson,  Esq. 

The  interment  took  place  at  the  Oak  Hill 
Cemetery,  West  Washington. 


The  laborer's  work  is  done ! 


NOTICES  AND  RESOLUTIONS. 


NOTICES. 

FINANCIAL  REPORT, 
Friday,  May  14,  1875. 

Chicago,  Danville,  AND  ViNCENNES.^The  Bondholders'  Com- 
mittee have  been  actively  at  work,  and  in  a  circular  just  issued  say  that 
about  two  millions  of  the  Bonds  have  signed  the  agreement,  and  that 
they  "are  confident  that  the  best  interests  of  all  the  Bondholders  will 
be  promoted  by  the  action  which  has  been  inaugurated  and  will  be 
vigorously  pushed  by  this  Committee."  The  request  of  six  members 
of  the  Commitee  to  have  Mr.  Huidekoper,  the  other  member,  appointed 
one  of  the  Receivers,  appears  eminently  proper,  as  no  person  would 
seem  to  have  more  earnestly  at  heart  the  welfare  of  the  Bondholders. 

THE  RAILWAY  AGE, 
January  15,  1885. 

The  election  a  few  days  since  of  Mr.  F.  W.  Huidekoper  as  first  vice- 
president  of  the  Richmond  &  Danville  Company,  to  be  followed  by 
his  election  to  a  like  position  in  the  other  companies  composing  the 
Richmond  &  Danville  system,  will  inspire  confidence  in  these  properties 
wherever  he  is  known.  A  more  active,  industrious,  or  conscientious 
man,  or  one  better  fitted  by  experience  for  the  work  expected  of  him, 
could  not  have  been  found.  His  splendid  services  in  connection  with 
the  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  road,  of  which  he  was  a  long  time 
president,  have  given  him  high  rank  in  railway  circles.  So  devoted 
was  he  to  the  interests  of  that  company,  and  so  earnest  and  persistent  in 
discharge  of  the  duties  put  upon  him  that  he  very  nearly  sacrificed  his 
health.  Mr.  Huidekoper  has  never  been  and  never  will  be  merely  an 
ornamental  officer  or  figurehead.  He  is  a  worker.  This  the  Rich- 
mond &  Danville  stockholders  will  not  be  long  in  discovering. 

ALEXANDRIA  GAZETTE  AND  VIRGINIA  ADVERTISER. 

ALEXANDRIA. 

Wednesday  Evening,  December  15,  1886. 

Virginia  Midland  Railway.  Stockholders'  Meeting.  Election  of  a  New  President 
and  Board  of  Directors,  &c,  &c. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Virginia  Midland 
railway  was  held  at  the  office  of  the  Company,  in  this  city,  at  noon 
to-day,  with  Hon.  John  S.  Barbour  in  the  chair  and  Mr.  A.  S.  Dunham, 
Secretary. 


34  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

A  committee  on  proxies  was  appointed  who  reported  a  majority  of 
the  stock  represented,  whereupon, 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Thomas  Sedden,  Mr.  Thomas  M.  Logan  was 
unanimously  elected  President  of  the  Company,  and 

Messrs.  John  S.  Barbour,  J.  T.  Lovell,  J.  C.  Madden,  J.  A.  Ruther- 
ford, Isaac  L.  Rice,  Robert  T.  Dow,  James  B.  Pace,  C.  G.  Holland, 
W.  H.  Payne,  George  Parsons,  Alfred  Sully,  George  F.  Stone, 
Emanuel  Lehman,  J.  H.  Inman  and  E.  D.  Christian  directors. 

General  Payne  then  offered  the  following  resolution,  prefacing  it 
with  some  complimentary  remarks  of  Mr.  Huidekoper,  who,  he  said, 
well  deserved  the  thanks  of  the  stockholders  for  the  able  and  efficient 
manner  in  which  he  had  managed  the  affairs  of  the  Company: 

RESOLVED.  That  the  thanks  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Virginia  Mid- 
land Railway  Company  are  cordially  tendered  to  President  Huide- 
koper for  the  skill,  energy  and  success  with  which  he  has  managed  and 
developed  the  property,  for  the  condition  in  which  he  leaves  it,  and 
for  the  prosperity  which  his  management  predicts  for  the  future. 

The  resolution  was  seconded  by  Mr.  Sedden,  who  stated  that  the 
owners  of  the  road  recognized  the  condition  of  the  property  and  its 
affairs  when  taken  in  charge  by  the  late  management,  and  that  they 
were  not  then  in  very  good  shape,  and  recognizing  the  present  condition 
of  the  road,  they  deemed  that  they  should  extend  their  thanks  to  Mr. 
Huidekoper. 

The  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted,  when  Mr.  Huidekoper 
acknowledged  the  compliment  contained  in  the  resolution  and  the 
remarks  of  the  speakers,  and  said  that  it  had  been  his  aim  and  object 
to  further  the  interests  of  the  road  and  its  owners. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Huidekoper  it  was  resolved  that  the  presentation 
of  the  annual  reports  and  the  other  business  to  be  acted  upon  at  this 
meeting  of  stockholders,  be  delayed  until  a  future  meeting  of  stock- 
holders, and  that  this  meeting  now  adjourn  till  Wednesday,  the  22d 
inst.,  at  1 2  o'clock  noon,  at  the  office  in  this  city. 

NEW  YORK  RECORDER, 

Sunday,  August  7,  1392. 

Receiver  F.  W.  Huidekoper  of  the  Richmond  &  Danville  ranks  as 
one  of  the  brainest  railway  men  in  America. 

BALTIMORE  AMERICAN  AND  COMMERCIAL  ADVERTISER, 
Wednesday,  August  17.  1892. 

Judge  Bond  made  Messrs.  Reuben  Foster  and  F.  W.  Huidekoper 
permanent  receivers  of  the  Richmond  &  Danville  Railroad  yesterday, 
and  in  so  doing  earned  the  thanks  of  all  who  are  interested  in  the  wel- 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER.  35 

fare  of  the  property.  The  two  receivers  are  eminently  well  fitted  for 
the  work,  and  their  experience  and  high  character,  as  well  as  the 
general  esteem  in  which  they  are  held,  assure  the  best  possible  handling 
of  the  interests  committed  to  their  charge. 

OBITUARY   NOTICE   IN   THE   REGISTER   OF  THE   DISTRICT  OF 
COLUMBIA  SOCIETY,  SONS  OF  THE  REVOLUTION.  FOR  1910, 

pages  61  and  62. 

FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

Railroad  official.  Born  at  Pomona  Hall,  Meadville,  Pa.,  September  12,  1840. 
Died  in  Washington,  April  29.  1908. 

Great-great-grandson  of  Judge  Edward  Shippen;  President  of  the  Commitee  of 
"Inspection  and  Observation,"  at  Lancaster,  Pa. 

Great-great-grandson  of  Andrew  Colhoon,  2d  Lieutenant  in  Wilson's  6th  Battalion, 
Pennsylvania  1  roops. 

Mr.  Huidekoper  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  in  1 862,  and  received 
the  degree  of  A.  M.,  in  1871.  He  served  in  1863  as  Captain  of  the 
58th  Pennsylvania  Militia,  along  the  Ohio  and  at  Buffington  Island 
in  the  capture  of  General  John  H.  Morgan.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Colonial  Governors;  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars, 
being  governor  in  1900,  1901;  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Society, 
Sons  of  the  Revolution,  of  which  he  was  the  vice-president,  1903  to 
1 905,  and  president,  1 905  till  his  death;  also  a  member  of  the  Meade 
Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  the  following  clubs:  Metropolitan,  Country,  and 
Chevy-Chase,  of  Washington,  and  the  University  and  Harvard,  of 
New  York. 

His  business  life  was  chiefly  as  an  official  and  generally  president  of 
several  railroads,  and  he  was  widely  known  in  these  circles  as  an  able 
executive.  He  administered  the  affairs  of  the  Holland  Land  Company 
of  Pennsylvania  for  fourteen  years;  in  1877  was  President  of  the 
Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  R.  R.  Co.;  in  1881  was  President  of 
the  Evansville  &  Terre  Haute  R.  R.  Co.;  in  1885  was  first  vice- 
president  of  the  Richmond  &  Danville  system,  now  the  Southern 
Railway,  being  in  practical  control;  was  vice-president  of  the 
Richmond  &  West  Point  Terminal  Railroad  and  Warehouse  Com- 
pany, and  of  the  Virginia  Midland  Railroad  Company;  in  1886 
was  President  of  the  latter  company;  in  1887  was  President  of  the 
Virginia,  Tennessee  &  Carolina  Steel  &  Iron  Company;  in  1 889  was 
President  and  Receiver  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Shenango  &  Lake  Erie 
Railroad;  in  1 890  was  President  of  the  South  Atlantic  &  Ohio  Rail- 
road; in  1892  he  was  appointed  Receiver  of  the  Richmond  &  Danville 
Railroad,  and  in  1893  he  was  appointed  receiver  of  the  Georgia 
Pacific,  Charlotte,  Columbia  &  Augusta  Railroad,  and  the  Columbia 


36  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

&  Greenville  Railroad;  in  1896  he  was  President  of  the  Chicago, 
Peoria  &  St.  Louis  Railway;  since  1901,  he  was  President  of  The 
United  Land  Company  of  Florida.  He  was  instrumental  in  the 
reorganization  of  the  Southern  Railway  system  and  brought  the  main 
offices  to  Washington.  For  forty  years  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  Mead- 
ville  Theological  School. 

Mr.  Huidekoper  was  a  gentlemen  of  culture,  fine  manners  and  dis- 
position, and  his  great  executive  ability  and  integrity  made  him  a  most 
valuable  officer.  As  President  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Society,  Sons 
of  the  Revolution,  he  endeared  himself  to  every  member  by  his  great 
courtesy  and  affability  and  his  genial  conduct  in  the  chair.  He  died 
as  the  result  of  paralysis.  His  wife  and  two  sons:  Frederic  Louis  and 
Reginald  Shippen,  survive  him.    • 


RESOLUTIONS. 

COPY  OF  RESOLUTIONS  PASSED  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS 
OF  THE  CHICAGO  &  EASTERN  ILLINOIS  RAILROAD  COMPANY. 
IN  ACCEPTING  THE  RESIGNATION  AS  PRESIDENT  OF  F.  W. 
HUIDEKOPER,  ESQ. 

RESOLVED.  That  in  accepting  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Huidekoper  the 
Board  of  Directors  desire  to  express  their  unfeigned  regret  for  the  illness 
which  has  compelled  him  to  take  this  action  and  their  earnest  hope 
that  a  few  months  of  entire  freedom  from  business  care  and  anxiety, 
will  restore  him  to  health  and  enable  him  to  take  his  place  again  with 
them. 

During  the  time  that  Mr.  Huidekoper  has  had  charge  of  the  affairs 
of  the  C.  &  E.  I.  R.  R.  the  improvement  in  the  condition  of  the 
property  in  its  earnings  and  business  relations,  and  in  its  credit  and 
the  value  of  its  securities  has  been  very  marked,  and  beyond  the 
most  sanguine  expectations;  and  it  is  the  deliberate  opinion  of  this 
board  that  this  improvement  is  largely  owing  to  the  ability,  fidelity 
and  energy  of  the  President  of  this  Company. 

While  the  board  testify  their  sense  of  obligation  to  Mr.  Huidekoper 

for  his  zeal  in  the  Company's  interest  and  the  success  which  has  attended 

his  administration,  their  regret  in  parting  with  him  is  intensified  by  the 

recollection  of  the  pleasant  personal  relations  which 

[Seal.]  have  always  characterized  their  intercourse. 

Attest:  A.  S.  DUNHAM, 

Secretary. 

EXCERPT  FROM  MINUTES  OF  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
STOCKHOLDERS  OF  THE  VIRGINIA  MIDLAND  RAILWAY  COM- 
PANY HELD  IN  THE  CITY  OF  ALEXANDRIA,  VA.,  ON  DECEMBER 
15,  1886. 
Mr.  Payne  offered  the  following  resolution  which  was  duly  seconded 
and  unanimously  adopted  and  the  Secretary  instructed  to  have  same 
engrossed  and  presented  to  Mr.  Huidekoper: 

RESOLVED.  That  the  thanks  of  the  Stockholders  of  The  Virginia 
Midland  Railway  Company  are  cordially  tendered  to  President  Huide- 
koper for  the  skill,  energy  and  success  with  which  he  has  managed  and 
developed  the  property,  for  the  condition  in  which  he  leaves  it,  and  for 
the  prosperity  which  his  management  predicts  for  the  future. 

Mr.  Seddon  on  the  part  of  the  Richmond  &  West  Point  Terminal 


38  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

Railway  and  Warehouse  Company  and  other  owners  stated  that  the 
owners  of  the  property,  recognizing  the  condition  of  the  same  and  its 
affairs  when  taken  in  charge  by  the  late  management,  and  recognizing 
the  present  improved  and  prosperous  condition  of  the  Company, 
desired  to  express  through  him,  their  appreciation  of  Mr.  Huidekoper's 
management,  and  to  extend  to  him  their  thanks. 

COPY  OF  THE  RESOLUTION  PASSED  BY  THE  STOCKHOLDERS  OF 
THE  VIRGINIA  MIDLAND  RAILWAY  COMPANY,  DECEMBER 
15,  1886,  ON  THE  RETIREMENT  OF  MR.  F.  W.  HUIDEKOPER  AS 
PRESIDENT. 

RESOLVED.  That  the  thanks  of  the  Stockholders  of  the  Virginia 

Midland  Railway  Company  are  cordially  tendered  to  President  Huide- 

koper  for  the  skill,  energy  and  success, with  which  he  has  managed  and 

developed  the  property,  for  the  condition  in  which  he  leaves  it,  and 

for  the  prosperity  which  his  management  predicts 

[Seal.]  for  the  future. 

T.  H.  WENTWORTH,  Jr., 

Secretary. 

EXCERPT  FROM  THE  MINUTES  OF  A  SPECIAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  OF  THE  CHICAGO,  PEORIA  &  ST.  LOUIS 
RAILROAD  COMPANY,  AUGUST  16,  1897. 

The  President  (Mr.  F.  W.  Huidekoper)  presented  his  resignation 
in  the  following  form: 

"New  York,  August  16,  1897. 
To  the  Board  of  Directors  of 

The  Chicago,  Peoria  &  St.  Louis  R.  R.  Co.  of  111. 
Gentlemen: — 

It  seems  proper  that  the  affairs  of  your  Company  should  have  its 
Chief  Executive  upon  the  line  of  its  road  to  look  after  and  direct  them. 
As  it  will  not  be  convenient  for  me  to  reside  there,  I  herewith  tender  my 
resignation  as  President  of  your  Company. 
Yours  truly. 

(Signed)       F.  W.  HUIDEKOPER." 

General  Counsel  Cromwell  expressed  his  personal  regret  at  this 
action  of  the  President,  in  which  sentiment  all  the  Directors  concurred. 

Upon  motion,  it  was 

RESOLVED,  That  this  Board  accept  with  regret  the  resignation  of  the 
President,  and  considering  that  the  Company  has  need  for  his  valuable 
experience,  he  is  respectfully  urged  to  continue  to  give  to  the  Company 
such  advice,  information  and  service  as  may  be  called  for  by  the  Execu- 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER.  39 

tive  Officers,  without  interference  with  his  other  occupations  or  business 
plans;  and  that  in  consideration  of  the  same  his  present  compensation  be 
continued  until  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Company  in  December  next; 
and  upon  his  acceptance  hereof  this  resolution  shall  be  final  and  effective 
without  any  further  action  of  the  Board,  and  the  Executive  Officers 
shall  carry  out  the  same. 

Upon  motion,  the  resignation  of  President  Huidekoper  was  accepted, 
and  the  foregoing  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 

COPY  OF  THE  RESOLUTIONS  PASSED  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  DIREC- 
TORS OF  THE  UNITED  LAND  COMPANY  OF  FLORIDA  AT  A 
MEETING  HELD  IN  WASHINGTON,  WEDNESDAY.  MAY  20,  1908. 

RESOLVED.  That  The  United  Land  Company  has  suffered  a  loss 
truly  irreparable  in  the  death  of  its  President,  Frederic  Wolters  Huide- 
koper, Esq.  To  his  great  ability  both  the  conduct  of  the  difficult 
negotiations  resulting  in  the  acquisition  of  the  great  property  of  The 
Disston  Land  Company  of  Florida,  and  the  organization  of  The 
United  Land  Company  are  principally  indebted.  To  his  foresight, 
wisdom  and  singleness  of  devotion  to  the  cares  entrusted  to  his  charge, 
The  United  Land  Company  owes  the  continuous  prosperity  which 
has  attended  it  since  its  inception.  A  splendid  example  of  the  highest 
type  of  American,  a  man  of  unspotted  integrity,  of  exceptional  attain- 
ments, brilliant  in  intellect,  sound  in  judgment,  steadfast  in  trial,  resource- 
ful and  sanguine  always  even  under  the  most  disadvantageous  condi- 
tions, a  courtly  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  it  was  both  an  honor  and  a 
pleasure,  as  well  as  a  splendid  stimulus,  to  serve  either  with  or  under  him. 
His  death  indeed  makes  vacant  a  place  which  can  never  be  filled  in 
the  minds  or  hearts  of  the  officials  and  employes  of  this  Company. 

Resolved  also.  That  the  interests  of  The  United  Land  Company 
will,  in  the  estimation  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  be  best  subserved  in 
the  future  by  a  close  adherence  to  the  admirable  policies  laid  down 
by  its  late  President. 

RESOLVED  FURTHER,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  engrossed 
and  transmitted  to  the  members  of  the  family  of  the  late  President  as  a 
testimonial  of  the  sense  of  obligation  owed  by  The  United  Land  Com- 
pany to  his  invaluable  services,  and  of  the  admiration  and  respect  that  he 
commanded,  as  well  as  in  token  of  the  sympathy  with  which  it  shares 
their  great  loss. 

C.  W.  WARD, 

[Seal.]  Secretary. 


40  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

CLASS  OF  1862.  HARVARD  COLLEGE. 

Whereas  our  Classmate  Frederic  Wolters  Huidekoper  has  died  since 
he  met  with  us  last  year, 

RESOLVED,  That  the  class  remembers  with  respect  his  patriotic 
service  as  a  soldier,  and  has  always  recognized  and  now  wishes  to 
commemorate  the  fact  that  his  kind  spirit  and  courteous  good  fellow- 
ship have  helped  greatly  to  strengthen  our  college  ties  and  to  add  to 
mutual  warm  appreciation  between  widely  differing  natures. 

Distinguished  as  his  success  in  business  has  been,  his  heart  has  en- 
deared him  to  his  classmates. 

RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  his  family  as 
a  mark  of  the  sympathy  of  the  class. 

A  True  Copy  of  the  Records  of  the  Class  of  1 862. 

Attest:  CHARLES  GRINNELL, 

Secretary. 
24  June,  1908. 

IN  MEMORIAM 

FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

Frederic  Wolters  Huidekoper  died  in  Washington  City  on  April  29, 
1 908,  as  a  result  of  a  stroke  of  paralysis. 

He  was  born  in  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  on  September  12,1 840, 
and  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  the  class  of  1862.  The 
descendant  of  a  distinguished  Dutch  family  on  his  father's  side,  and  on 
the  maternal  side  of  the  famous  Shippen  family,  he  combined  the 
splendid  traits  of  the  best  blood  of  the  early  settlers  in  Pennsylvania. 

On  leaving  college  he  gave  his  services  to  his  country  and  served 
with  distinction  during  the  Civil  War.  Years  of  successful  connection 
and  association  with  the  great  railroad  development  followed,  during 
the  greater  portion  of  which  Washington  was  his  home. 

Justly  proud  of  his  ancestry  he  joined  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars 
in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  in  1 900  was  elected  to  the  governor- 
ship of  that  organization.  Devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  Society  he 
was  a  regular  attendant  at  its  meetings  and  his  influence  was  always 
exerted  for  those  measures  which  were  of  value  in  extending  the 
historical  and  patriotic  work  of  the  order. 

By  his  death  the  Society  loses  one  of  its  most  distinguished  officers 
and  its  members  a  loyal  friend. 

Therefore  be  it — 


FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER.  41 

RESOLVED,  That  this  minute  be  placed  upon  the  records  of  the 
Society  and  that  a  copy  be  sent  as  a  further  expression  of  our  sympathy 
to  his  family. 

MARCUS  BENJAMIN, 
A.  HOWARD  CLARK, 
THOS.  HYDE. 

[Seal.]  Extract  from  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  of  the 

Society  held  January  26,  1909. 

J.  BURR  JOHNSON, 

Secretary. 

RESOLUTIONS  ADOPTED  AT  A  MEETING  OF  THE  DISTRICT  OF 
COLUMBIA  SOCIETY.  SONS  OF  THE  REVOLUTION.  HELD  APRIL 
19,  1909. 

TO  THE  MEMORY  OF 
FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

Whereas,  it  has  pleased  Divine  Providence  to  take  from  us  our 
brother,  Frederic  Wolters  Huidekoper,  late  President  of  the  Sons  of 
the  Revolution,  and  we  would  put  upon  record  a  tribute  to  his  char- 
acter, therefore  be  it 

RESOLVED,  That  in  the  death  of  our  late  President  this  Society  has 
lost  a  member  conspicuous  for  efficiency,  constant  in  his  devotion  to  its 
best  interests,  and  greatly  liked  for  his  courteous  and  kindly  bearing,  a 
gentleman  of  sterling  qualities  both  of  mind  and  heart,  who  had  per- 
formed the  duties  of  his  office  with  signal  ability  and  with  a  simplicity 
of  conduct  that  won  our  affectionate  regard; 

RESOLVED.  That  as  we  look  back  and  note  with  what  fidelity  Mr. 
Huidekoper  labored  to  advance  the  welfare  of  our  organization,  we 
would  pay  to  his  memory  a  grateful  tribute.  Just  and  considerate,  he 
was  ever  attentive,  active  and  genial.  He  walked  in  the  path  that  led 
to  the  firmer  welding  together  of  our  members  into  a  strong  and  enduring 
bond  of  friendship.  Nor  did  anyone  accomplish  more  than  he  to 
help  that  process  steadily  along. 

While  we  mourn  our  loss  we  seek  comfort  in  the  reflection  that  Mr. 
Huidekoper  in  all  relations  of  life  did  his  duty  manfully,  acquiring 
thereby  the  hearty  respect  of  this  entire  community. 

Of  his  family  we  ask  that  we  may  be  permitted  to  assure  them  of  our 
sympathy  for  them  in  sustaining  the  burden  of  sorrow  they  have  been 
called  upon  to  bear. 


42  FREDERIC  WOLTERS  HUIDEKOPER. 

RESOLVED,  That  these  resolutions  be  entered  upon  the  minutes  and 
that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  transmit  a  copy  of  the  same  to  the 
family  of  Mr.  Huidekoper. 

WILLIAM  STONE  ABERT, 

President. 

A.  KEITH  PARRIS,  Jr., 

Secretary. 


LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS  OF  THE  SOCIETY 
OF  COLONIAL  WARS  IN  THE  DISTRICT 
OF  COLUMBIA. 

Organized  May  20,  1893. 

Register  of  the  Society,  1897.  With  portrait  of  Richard  Worsam 
Meade,  Rear  Admiral,  U.  S.  N.     pp.  124. 

Register  of  the  Society,  1904.  With  frontispiece  of  badge  of  the 
Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  portrait  of  Francis  Asbury  Roe, 
Rear  Admiral,  U.  S.  N.,  First  Governor  of  the  Society, 
and  other  officers.     Twenty-two  portraits,     pp.  2 1 4. 

MEMORIAL  PAPERS. 

No.  1 .  George  Brown  Goode.     By  A.  Howard  Clark.     With  por- 
trait.   pp.8.     1896. 
No.  2.  Charles   Frederick   Tiffany    Beale.     By    Marcus    Benjamin. 

With  portrait,     pp.13.     1902. 
No.  3.  William  Herman  Wilhelm,  Captain,  U.  S.  A.     By  Ethan 

Allen  Weaver.     With  portrait,     pp.9.     1902. 
No.  4.  Francis  Asbury  Roe,  Rear  Admiral,  U.  S.  N.     By  Marcus 

Benjamin.     With  portrait  and  eight  illustrations,     pp.  35. 

1903. 
No.  5.  Gilbert  Thompson.     By  Marcus  Benjamin.     With  portrait. 

pp.  18.     1910. 
No.  6.  Frederic  Wolters  Huidekoper.    By  Frederic  Louis  Huidekoper. 

With  portrait,  chronology,  notices  and  resolutions,     pp.  42. 

1910. 

HISTORICAL  PAPERS. 

No.  I .  The  Colonial   Boundaries  of  Virginia  and  Maryland.     By 

Gilbert  Thompson.     With  map.     pp.  8.     1 899. 
No.  2.  An  American  Sea  Captain  of  Colonial  Times.     By  Francis 

Asbury  Roe,  Rear  Admiral,  U.  S.  N.     pp.  1  1 .     1900. 
No.  3.  Historical   Military   Powder-horns.     By  Gilbert  Thompson. 

With  eleven  illustrations,     pp.  16.     1 90 1 . 
No.  4.  Historical  Address  at  Dedication  of  the  Braddock  Boulder, 

November  10,  1907.     By  Marcus  Benjamin.     With  four 

illustrations,     pp.  16.     1908. 
No.  5.  Colonel  Joseph  Belt.     By  Caleb  Clarke  Magruder,  Jr.     With 

Patent  and  illustration  of  "Chevy-Chase"  manor-house. 

pp.36.     1909. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Address  of  Welcome,  by  his  Excellency,  Governor  Francis  A.  Roe, 
U.  S.  N.,  at  first  dinner  of  the  Society,  December  1 9,  1 893. 
pp.  8. 

Preliminary  draft  of  a  Constitution,  printed  upon  half-sheets  and  sent 
to  members  for  suggestions,     pp.  1 8.     November,  1 894. 

The  preceding  was  adopted  and  printed  in  February,  1895.  A  cir- 
cular of  four  pages,  with  preamble  and  qualifications  for 
membership,  was  printed,  1895;  also,  a  similar  circular, 
giving  list  of  members,  was  printed  January,  1896.  A 
list  of  membership  is  published  annually  as  a  circular, 
pp.  4. 

The  Year  Book  and  Register  of  the  Society,  1 897,  contains  the  Con- 
stitution and  By-Laws  as  amended  to  that  date. 

Preliminary  draft  of  Constitution,  printed  and  sent  to  members  for 
suggestions.     With  cover,     pp.17.     April,  1902. 

The  preceding  was  adopted  without  change,  May  13,  1902,  and 
printed,  with  embossed  seal  of  the  Society  on  the  cover, 
pp.  16. 

First  Service,  Sunday,  February  12,  1905.  St.  John's  Church, 
Georgetown.     (With  embossed  seal.)     pp.  12. 

Second  Annual  Service,  Sunday,  February  18,  1906.  St.  John's 
Church,  Washington.     (With  embossed  seal.)     pp.12. 

Third  Annual  Service,  Sunday,  February  17,  1907.  Epiphany 
Church,  Washington.     (Without  seal.)     pp.  12. 

Dedication  Service,  Sunday,  November  10,  1907.  Cathedral 
Grounds,  Washington.  One  illustration,  of  the  Braddock 
tablet  and  boulder,     pp.  1 2. 

Fourth  Annual  Church  Service,  Sunday,  April  26,  1908.  Christ 
Church,  Georgetown,  D.  C.     (Without  seal.)     pp.  8. 

Fifth  Annual  Church  Service,  Sunday,  May  2,  1909.  St.  John's 
Church,  Washington.     (Without  seal.)     pp.  9. 

Sixth  Annual  Church  Service,  Sunday,  May  8,  1910.  St.  John's 
Church,  Washington.     (Without  seal.)     pp.  9. 

Dedication  Service,  Sunday,  October  30,  1910,  Colonel  Ninian  Beall 
memorial.  St.  John's  Church-yard,  Georgetown.  With 
illustration  of  tablet  and  boulder,     pp.  1 0. 

CALEB  CLARKE  MAGRUDER,  Jr., 

Historian. 
December,  1910. 


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